Newton benedict



NEWTON BENEDIOT, OF AURELIUS, NENV YORK.

SWIFT.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 30,867, dated December 11, 1860.

To aZZ whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, NEwToN BENEDIcT, of Aurelius, in the county ofCayuga, in the State of New York, have invented a new and improved Swiftfor Winding or Reeling Yarn, and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of the machine as it appears when in use;Fig. 2 a View showing the manner in which its chief parts may be spreadfor use or folded together; Fig. 3 one of the fingers which hold theyarn, removed so as to show more fully its construction and attachments;and Fig. a a vertical view of the central part.

The arms a are connected together by hinges b, the axes of which areparallel to the axis on which the machine itself turns when in use. Bythis means the outer ends of the arms may be separated horizontally tothe positions seen in figures l and 4L, or brought together into smallspace when the machine is not in use.

The hinge-plate of the fourth arm projects as seen at 0, Fig. 2, so thatwhen the arms a are fully spread the inner face of this projeoting platelies flat against the side of the first arm at cZ, and the clasp eshutting down, holds it fast, thereby retaining the arms a in theirspread position. A small square space is thus inclosed as at 7L Fig. 4,into which space the square hub f, Fig. l, ts, and this turning upon anaXis which is fixed to the standard g, allows the machine to turn as itsuse requires. The standard g, is provided with a strap and buckle z',bywhich it is fastened to a chair or other suitable support.

Fig. 3 shows the construction of the fingers y', which hold the yarn.The sliding clasp 7c, is attached to the lower part of the finger by ascrew or rivet upon which it may turn easily. The clasp Za, is of suchsize as to slide easily upon the arms a, making the fingers y', movableto accommodate skeins of different sizes. The stop Z, is so attachedthat its under edge bears upon the top of the arm when the fingers standvertically as in Fig. l, by which means the tension of the skein m,fastens the fingers to the requisite distance apart. lVhen the skein isremoved, the fingers j, may be turned down as at No. l in Fig. 2; then,when the clasp e is raised so as to free the projection c, the machinemay be compaotly folded together.

I construct the hinges of any suitable sheet metal, and solder them tothe ends of boXes of the same material, into which the ends of thewooden arms a are inserted. The clasps e, and Za, and the stops Z, areof the same material.

I do not claim broadly or in general terms the construction of foldingswifts which may be temporarily attached to tables 0r other furniture,for such devices, differing essentially from mine, are common; but

I claim* A swift having the Val'OUS Parts con NEWTON BENEDICT.

Witnesses:

V. EUGENE BAKER, HENRY V. VAN ETTEN.

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